“I’ve got butterflies in my stomach”, “I’m just gonna go with my gut on this one” Medical science is finally talking about the gut-brain connection that everyday people have been talking about for centuries. And what they’re saying is really really interesting. Dr. Natasha Campbell- McBride introduced me to this concept in her book Gut […]

Another one of my favorite fermented foods is sauerkraut. Pungent, salty and “pickley” It’s the perfect accompaniment to grilled sausage or roasted meat, it adds a nice bite to salads and is even good heaped on a plate and topped with a couple of poached eggs for breakfast. The process that turns cabbage into […]

When I was in my very early twenties and living on my own, I taught myself to make my own yogurt at home. Being in the days before Pinterest, this was actually quite a radical and questionable undertaking. I remember being embarrassed to tell people that I was culturing and fermenting in my home kitchen. […]

If you have any interest at all in holistic approaches to healing and natural health, it’s very likely that you have heard of or read about Candida Albicans being a culprit to many health disorders. The truth though is that Candida is just one of about 500 known species of microorganisms or microbes that can […]